Category: Science

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88).

In 1973, John Archibald Wheeler described the relationship between space and matter in two sentences: “Space acts on matter, telling it how to move. In

Daddy longlegs have been observed eating frogs in South America, suggesting that these arachnids may be predators of vertebrates.

Google has applied for an experimental mosquito release permit to deploy millions of non-biting southern house mosquitoes that it has infected with the bacterium Wolbachia

NASA has confirmed its MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after losing contact with the probe in December. An anomaly in the probe’s rotation speed led

Queen-cell wax helps shape honeybee queen development, challenging the idea that royal jelly alone makes a queen, a new study suggests.

Answers to key questions could help public health officials develop Ebola treatments, predict the outbreak’s trajectory and prevent a future one.

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A case of a boy who bled from his eyes eventually led doctors to a diagnosis that has been reported fewer than 50 times in

A Trump administration rule could shift how science funding works in the U.S. The administration says its an effort to deter waste, but science advocates

The cold-loving yeasts from Ötzi’s remains suggest the Iceman’s microbiome may not be completely frozen in time.

A new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized Ötzi’s body shortly after his death 5,300 years ago in the Alps.

Physicists used quantum bits to achieve ‘perfect randomness’ in a world-first experiment. The results of their research could strengthen cryptography and other security systems.